Personal and real property taxes

The Department of Local Government Finance has developed summaries to provide taxpayers information about property taxes in their counties. Each county summary provides a property tax breakdown and shows the shift of property tax burden between property classes. Additionally, the summaries break down where each property tax dollar goes, show comparisons of local spending by unit and list recent debt issued by unit.

Inheritance and estate taxes

Legislation enacted in 2013 retroactively repealed Indiana's inheritance tax effective Jan. 1, 2013. The law also established a procedure for inheritance tax refund claims, which can be made by filing Form IH-5 with the Indiana Department of Revenue.

Veteran contributing editor Kay Bell writes Bankrate's tax stories from her Austin, Texas, home. She also writes two tax blogs, Bankrate's Taxes Blog and Don't Mess With Taxes. She is the author of the book "The Truth About Paying Fewer Taxes," and a co-author of the book "Future Millionaires' Guidebook."

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